Lions finally win on Turkey Day

Good Morning, Broncos fans! Peyton Manning and Joel Dreessen were full practice participants Thursday, after having been held out on Wednesday.

Knowshon Moreno, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Omar Bolden made limited returns, while Kayvon Webster was upgraded to a full participant.

Champ Bailey and Julius Thomas were again limited, and are expected to play on Sunday.

Broncos

Derek Wolfe is playing 20 pounds later than he did last year, and 5-10 pounds lighter than is his preference; he blames a bout with food poisoning and then his preseason neck injury.

Joan Niesen continues the Peyton Manning/cold weather discussion, and let's not forget that prior to 2012, every cold weather game he ever played in was on the road.

Denver has scored 26 or more points in 16 consecutive games, the longest such streak in NFL history.

The team's next win will give Peyton Manning 12 ten-win seasons, the most for any quarterback ever.

Chiefs

Tamba Hali made a limited return to practice; Justin Houston and Sanders Commings were again held out. Eric Fisher, Jon Asamoah, and Mike De Vito were again limited.

Thanksgiving Games

Detroit (7-5) scored 37 straight points and outgained Green Bay (5-6-1) by 435 yards (one of the largest margins in history) during a 40-10 beatdown, for the Lions' first Thanksgiving victory in ten years.

And, the hundreds of times I see a player make the same play (Sometimes getting the interception, sometimes not), I really don't criticize them unless they play the ball in such a way that makes a catch by the offense more likely.

That he did get injured sucks, but I still think it's a bit hypercritical to fault him for attempting to have at a chance to get an interception even if it's unlikely to be returned for a touchdown.

it was the end of the half, barring a return for a touchdown, there was no positive impact in the game. and the odds of returning it 105 yards is pretty small, and obviously not worth injuring ones self.

Posted by Troy Fairclough on 2013-12-01 20:36:52

There is plenty of evidence of racial profiling. It'd be foolhardy to assume that racial profiling in our society doesn't apply to NFL football players as much as it does to other folks. Actually, part of racial profiling is that black men (or other non-white folks) with nice vehicles or clothes are assumed to have gained that property by illicit means. With that in mind, and considering the wealth of NFL players, it makes sense that they'd actually be profiled significantly.

Posted by DragonPie on 2013-11-30 18:33:33

Meh. This is being hypercritical.

I don't fault a guy for trying for a pick. Maybe he was being prideful in trying for a tough catch, but I don't fault him for not forseeing his injury.

Posted by DragonPie on 2013-11-30 17:55:13

Blacks use far less cannabis than whites, yet are far more often arrested and incarcerated for simple possession. After a couple of years of teaching in Chicago's South Side ghetto, I'd seen enough racial profiling to know how real it is. NFL or not - black men in the US are constantly arrested on charges that wouldn't get a white person a ticket. If you're not aware of that, take Chibronx's advice and read on it. It's an eye-opener

Posted by Doc Bear on 2013-11-29 20:13:56

I've heard yes

Posted by Doc Bear on 2013-11-29 19:55:43

and all of this for a meaningless stat grab interception that would have had zero positive impact on the field. selfish, it sucks he got hurt but he should be embarrassed for that display.

Posted by Troy Fairclough on 2013-11-29 19:28:43

Is he going to active?

Posted by aLuffabo on 2013-11-29 18:04:44

Snipe, you might want to try reading the article. There are twice as many black as white players in the NFL. Yet 10 times more black players are arrested than whites.

Even if you throw out every arrest that isn't a traffic stop -- i.e., you assume that there's no racial bias in all of those arrests, the number of arrests of black players on traffic stops alone outstrips their 2-1 population advantage in the league.

It's extraordinarily difficult to find another conclusion from the numbers cited -- what's your potential alternative explanation, other than Doug Is A Smug Librul?

Posted by Chibronx on 2013-11-29 16:45:40

This comment may be a little late and off topic - but maybe not as DRC was limited in his practice Thursday: I watched the NE game again last night. It became very apparent to me that had DRC been playing the entire 2nd half - Denver would have won that game. His replacement was targeted over and over again. Just my own gut feeling.Thanks for the Lard, Doug.

Posted by BlackKnigh on 2013-11-29 15:18:12

Racial profiling is done countless times every day in countless ways. Racial profiling is so endemic that they have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to make it state mandated. Two examples: The stop and frisk law in New York - in addition to completely unconstitutional - was also disproportionately applied to people of color. SB 1070 in Arizona which allows Joe Arpaio's henchmen to harass Latinos at will.

Posted by Yahmule on 2013-11-29 15:11:40

My hunch is that Hillman (if he plays) is going to have a great day against the Cheese. We haven't been much of a speed rushing team this year, and I just feel like he's going to take this opportunity to repair his reputation and take them by surprise.

Posted by carsonic on 2013-11-29 13:39:28

Agreed. Doug seems to enjoy smugly chastising other journalists for making leaps like that. Of course, it's a different story when the conclusions fit into his world view.

Posted by Kwash on 2013-11-29 13:01:39

Yeah that was a little strange. I personally think racial profiling happens and is awful, but this doesn't prove that at all. A better analogy than Snipe's (no offense) would be saying that because men are disproportionately charged with sexual assault crimes, gender profiling must be happening. Again I agree with the conclusion, just not the logic that justifies it.

Posted by Boof on 2013-11-29 12:10:04

Wasn't that kind of a leap on the "suggesting racial profiling" statement? You might be right, but there is very little to base that statement on. If I said, "there is a disproportionately high number of elderly people in Florida, suggesting that more young people move away from the state", would that be accurate?

Posted by Snipe on 2013-11-29 11:58:59

I really hope Ball and hillman can figure out the fumbling stuff. We will need them Ball is starting to look like a real stud.